{"id":15904,"date":"2015-04-16T07:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=15904"},"modified":"2015-04-12T21:50:33","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T02:50:33","slug":"15904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/15904","title":{"rendered":"Hunger, Obesity & the Food System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellen Gustafson<\/strong><\/a>, a food system change advocate and author of We the eaters: If we change dinner, we can change the world<\/em>, will talk about “A New Understanding of Hunger, Obesity and the Food System” on Mon., Apr. 20 at 7pm in the Young Auditorium<\/strong>. It\u2019s the last Spring 2015 Contemporary Issues Lecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gustafson<\/a> is involved with several initiatives: Food Tank<\/a> (a think tank about hunger, obesity, and poverty), 30 Project<\/a> (a campaign to change the conversation about the global food system by connecting hunger and obesity), Change Dinner<\/a> (a campaign to make better food choices at home to impact how food is produced), Health Class2.0<\/a> (an “experiential learning program empowering New York City youth to engage in new conversations about health, food and exercise”), and more. Gustafson was also a U.S. spokesperson for the UN World Food Programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"coverDo you hunger to learn more? Andersen Library can help. Andersen Library has a copy of We the Eaters<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, RA645.N87 G87 2014), as do Fort Atkinson’s public library and UW Green Bay’s library*<\/font><\/strong>. Other books are available, such as Stuffed and starved: The hidden battle for the world food system<\/em><\/a> (available from UW River Falls*<\/font><\/strong> and UW Superior*<\/font><\/strong>), World hunger<\/em><\/a> (3rd-floor Main Collection, HC79.F3 W65 2007), and Let them eat junk: How capitalism creates hunger and obesity<\/em><\/a> (online via eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)). Search databases<\/a> to find articles such as “What is the hunger-obesity paradox?<\/a>” (Journal of the American Dietetic Association<\/em>, 2005, vol.105:no.6, pp.883-885, doi:10.1016\/j.jada.2005.04.013), “The evolving food and nutrition agenda: Policy and research priorities for the coming decade<\/a>” (Food and Nutrition Bulletin<\/em>, 2011, vol.32:no.1, pp.60-68), “Linking obesity and malnutrition: Two forms of nutritional stress in developing countries<\/a>” (International Journal of Sociology<\/em>, 2014, vol.44:no.2, pp.63-86), and “U.S. per capita food supply trends: More calories, refined carbohydrates, and fats<\/a>” (FoodReview<\/em>, 2002, vol.25:no.3, pp.2-15).<\/p>\n

If you’d like assistance with finding more materials, please ask a librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*<\/font><\/strong>UW-W students and staff may request books from other UW libraries by using ILLiad interlibrary loan (from Apr. 9-May 21) for free. In Research@UWW<\/a>, login with a UW-W Net-ID, then click Find It and ILLiad).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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